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Ret Paladin

Paladin. Strength · Crit · Spell power

Ret Paladin wants hit, strength and crit. Hit caps at 9%; over the cap it still helps, but not by much. Weapon damage matters, and so does weapon speed. The BIS set swings a two-hander. Spirit does nothing for a paladin.

What the spec values

Every stat on every item has a value for Ret Paladin. In order, most to least per point:

  1. Hit Core capped at 9%
  2. Strength Core
  3. Crit Core
  4. Agility Useful
  5. Attack power Useful
  6. Spell power Useful
  7. Intellect Marginal

Stamina, Armor, Arcane resist, Fire resist, Frost resist, Nature resist, Shadow resist: a small survival value, the same for every spec. A character who lives longer attacks longer.

The board paints each stat on an item by what it is worth to you; this is the order behind the colors. The rest of the model is on How scoring works.

The theoretical BIS set

The highest-scoring set of raid items the model can assemble for Ret Paladin, 4 pieces of Avenger's Battlegear among them. It scores 1150 DPS, the ceiling your results page measures a run against.

Head Avenger's Crown The Twin Emperors, AQ40
Neck Prestor's Talisman of Connivery Nefarian, BWL
Shoulders Avenger's Pauldrons Princess Huhuran, AQ40; Viscidus, AQ40
Back Shroud of Dominion Sapphiron, Naxx
Chest Avenger's Breastplate C'Thun, AQ40
Wrists Qiraji Execution Bracers The Twin Emperors, AQ40
Hands Gauntlets of Annihilation C'Thun, AQ40
Waist Belt of Never-ending Agony C'Thun, AQ40
Legs Legplates of Carnage Heigan the Unclean, Naxx
Feet Avenger's Greaves Princess Huhuran, AQ40; Viscidus, AQ40
Ring Band of Unnatural Forces Loatheb, Naxx
Ring Band of Accuria Ragnaros, MC
Trinket Badge of the Swarmguard Battleguard Sartura, AQ40
Trinket Slayer's Crest Sapphiron, Naxx
Main Hand Ashbringer
Off Hand filled by the two-hander

This month on the board

#PlayerParseDPS
1 Dx 100 1073
2 Pytox 100 1068
3 Teehi 100 1066
4 Trenston 100 1061
5 Halbgoat 100 1060

The full Ret Paladin board.

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